It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct, place, maintain, leave or abandon any building, fence, porch, steps, post, pole, track, wire, pipe, conduit or other structure in whole or in part in or upon any street within the City; and it shall be unlawful to affix, paint, maintain, leave or abandon any sign, placard, notice, advertisement, seat, table, stand, material or other obstruction in any street within the City, without a permit in writing to do so from the Public Works Director; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply:
(1) To United States mail boxes;
(2) To poles and facilities of public utilities lawfully using the public streets of the City;
(3) To portable and usual garbage and rubbish receptacles when conforming to and placed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the City with reference thereto;
(4) To notices, placards, posters or any of the other articles or means above mentioned or referred to, erected or placed by any City or other public officer, official or employee acting within the scope of his or her office or employment as such public officer, official or employee;
(5) To signs in the public right-of-way that are approved as part of a Master Sign Plan in connection with a Sign Overlay Zone as set forth in Article 17.3 of Chapter 12 of this Code; and
(6) To signs in the public right-of-way that are adjacent to property that is zoned Hollywood Park Specific Plan (HPSP).
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96; Ord. 12-08 5-15-12; Ord. 15-10 2-24-15)